council, but has not made a final
decision on required cuts.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

The school system faces a 700-
thousand dollar gap between anticipated
revenues and the amount needed to pay
for existing programs, and other
mandated spending.

Cuts recommended by
Superintendent Marvin Thompson would
balance the budget, but would not
address other school board priorities.
ENG#=3 SOT FULL
SOT FULL 10:31:46

INQ=We wanted to avoid

*CG 2line Marvin Thompson
Roanoke School Superintendent MARVIN THOMPSON/ROANOKE SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT: WE WANTED TO AVOID ANY
CUTS THAT HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE
CLASSROOM, WHETHER IT BE FOR STUDENTS
OR WHETHER IT BE FOR TEACHERS AND WE
WANTED TO JUST MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY
OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE
CURRENTLY EXISTING AND I THINK THAT WAS
SIGNIFICANT.
RUNS=13 (END SOT)

OQ=i think that was significant.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Also last night, School Board
member Alvin Nash announced he will not

seek reappointment when his term on the
school board expires in June.
(END VO) (END VO)

The happened just after four yesterday
afternoon in Amherst County.
ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Amherst Co.

State police say the 18-year-old
was headed east on Route 130 near
Agricola when he went off the side of
the road, overcorrected and hit a
tractor trailer head on.

Authorities say it's a typical
scenario.
ENG#=1 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=It's a fairly

*CG 2line James Doss
Virginia State Police SGT. JAMES DOSS/VA STATE POLICE: IT'S A
FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH YOUNGER
DRIVERS. AND MOST OF THAT IS PROBABLY
AS A RESULT OF EXPERIENCE OR LACK
THEREOF. INSTINCTIVELY YOU WANT TO PULL
BACK ON THE ROADWAY WHEN YOU DROP OFF
THE EDGE AND YOU HAVE TO OVERCOME THAT.
RUNS=15 (END SOT)

OQ=have to overcome that.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

The teen, who was not wearing a
seat belt, was killed instantly.

His name has not yet been
released.

Route 130 was blocked in both
directions for several hours.
(END VO) (END VO)

School League state basketball
tournament opens its four day run in
Richmond today.

And News 7 Sports will be there
for the tournament.
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If you would like to get the
complete schedule of games for each
classification, take a look at the
brackets, plus pick up travel
directions to the V-C-U Siegel Center,
we've created a link to that
information on our web site.

Just go to WDBJ-7 dot com and

click on websites in the news.

Now let's check the scoreboards.
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aid found guilty of lying and
obstructing justice plan to ask for a
re- trial.
ENG#=1 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG locator Washington, DC

On the 10th day of deliberations,
jurors convicted Lewis "Scooter" Libby
on four counts, saying they didn't
believe his main defense of having a
bad memory.

The jury decided Libby obstructed
the investigation into how C- I- A
operative Valerie Plame's name was
leaked to reporters.
ENG#=2 (SOT FULL)
SOT FULL

INQ=A person who worked

*CG 2line Patrick Fitzgerald
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald /SPECIAL PROSECUTOR:
A person who worked in the Office of
Vice President, obstructed justice and
lied under oath. We wish that it had
not happened. But it did.
RUNS=8 (END SOT)

OQ=But it did.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Libby's former boss Vice President
Dick Cheney said he was very
disappointed with the conviction.

And across the street, Vivian
Harris watched with great interest.
SOT FULL 01:44:42 SOT FULL

INQ= VIVIAN HARRIS: THE YOUNGER GENERATION

LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS
SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE FOR THEM TO
LOOK INTO, NOT FOR ME, BUT FOR THE
FUTURE.
RUN = 10 (END SOT)

OQ= The crew from Lee Hi Crane and

Rigging made quick work of the
assignment... a milestone that
organizers of the C2C competition had
hoped to see much sooner.
SOT FULL 01:46:58 SOT FULL

INQ=This has taken me a good two years GREGG LEWIS: THIS HAS TAKEN ME A GOOD
longer TWO YEARS LONGER THAN I HAD HOPED IT
WAS GOING TO, BUT PERSERVERANCE
SOMETIMES IS THE THING THAT WE NEED
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE TO GET GOOD
THINGS TO HAPPEN. ALRIGHT!
RUN = 11 (END SOT)

OQ=get good things to happen. Alright. Designed by Richard Rife and

Stephen Feather, the home will fit in
with the prevailing architecture... and

c2c organizer gregg lewis says he
believes the new home will be a good
neighbor.
SOT FULL 01:48:45 SOT FULL

INQ=That was what we were after THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE AFTER WHEN WE

STARTED THIS PROJECT WAS TO SHOW FIRST
AND FOREMEOST WE CAN BUILD HOUSES THAT
AREN'T FILLED WITH TOXIC MATERIALS,
THAT WON'T COST FOLKS AN ARM AND A LEG
WHEN THEY PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS BUT
ALSO THAT A HOUSE WOULD STAND IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD AS A POSITIVE CHANGE. AND
THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED.
RUN = 23 (END SOT)

OQ=what I think we've achieved. STAND-UP CLOSE

Construction will take several
more weeks.

And Blue Ridge Housing
Development Corporation hopes to hold a
ribbon cutting in early May.

A REBOUND IN STOCK MARKETS IN ASIA AND
EUROPE GAVE U-S INVESRORS CONFIDENCE TO
JUMP BACK INTO THE MARKET AND SCOOP UP
STOCKS THAT HAD BEEN BEATEN DOWN.

THE DOW RACED AHEAD 157 POINTS. THE
NASDAQ RAN UP 44 POINTS.

MORE FALLOUT IN THE MELTDOWN OF THE
SUBPRIME MORTGAGE MARKET - WHICH LENDS
TO PEOPLE WITH WEAK CREDIT. LEHMAN
BROTHERS SAYS

GENERAL MOTORS MAY TAKE A CHARGE OF
ALMOST $1 BILLION TO COVER BAD MORTGAGE
LOANS MADE BY ITS FORMER HOME-LENDING
UNIT.

AND FED CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE WEIGHING
IN ON THE SITUATION SAID FANNIE MAE AND
FREDDIE MAC - THE LARGEST SOURCES OF
MONEY FOR U.S. HOME LOANS -

SHOULD SELL MOST OF THEIR $1.4
TRILLION IN ASSETS TO REFOCUS ON
HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG LOW-INCOME
AMERICANS.

IT'S MARCH AND FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL
FANS IT MEANS ONLY ONE THING.. MARCH
MADNESS.

(video from CBSSportsline.com)

CBS HOPES TO JUICE MORE AD REVENUE FROM
FANS BY OFFERING NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES
ONLINE - FOR FREE VIA ITS CBS
SPORTSLINE AND CSTV ONLINE UNITS. THE
FREE ONLINE OFFERINGS WERE A SLAM DUNK
FOR CBS LAST YEAR, WHEN OVE RA MILLION
USERS SIGNED UP FOR THE MARCH MADNESS
ON DEMAND PACKAGE AND WOUND UP WATCHING
OVER 19 MILLION STREAMS.

The program has been at the
Botetourt Correction Center for
three-years, but it recently stepped up
to help two-dogs who had survived
animal cruelty.

Randi and Seven - were sent to
jail where inmates teach them the
basics from leash training to
obedience.
ENG#=2 SOT FULL

SOT FULL

INQ=Some act different...

*CG 2line William Jenkins
Seven's Handler 14:56.00

WILLIAM JENKINS, SEVEN'S HANDLER: SOME
ACT DIFFERENT. SOME COME AROUND FASTER
THAN OTHERS .. SOME ARE SKIDDISH ONCE
YOU SHOW THEM A LITTLE LOVE AND SHOW
THAT YOU CARE -THEY COME AROUND. (08)
RUNS=12 (END SOT)

OQ=... they come around.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

All of the animals in this story
are available for adoption...

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- just log onto our web site and click
web sites in the news to see the
animals up for adoptions on the PEN
PALS site.
(END VO) (END VO)

Professor David Zuschin
Zuh-Chin/Russian uses the hand held
device regularly.

His classroom is filled with them...
they're hooked to computers, in blue
cases, on top of sheet music.

He even turns his lectures into
podcasts.

COURTNEY MARTIN SENIOR 27:18:00 IF
YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A CLASS AND YOU'VE
GONE OVER THE NOTES AND YOU'RE LIKE
WELL I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
GOING ON :24YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK
THROUGH YOUR IPOD AND LISTEN TO THE
WHOLE LECTURE ALL OVER AGAIN. :28

RACHEL DEPOMPA: LAST YEAR RADFORD
UNIVERSITY'S MUSIC DEPARTMENT MADE IT
MANDATORY FOR MUSIC MAJORS TO HAVE AN
IPOD FOR CLASS.

Now as many as 12 professors at R-U are
using the technology.

CHRIS OFSTEIN SENIOR BUSINESS MUSIC
MAJOR

28:18:00 THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR USING AN
IPOD AND I MUST SAY IT'S REALLY MADE A
HUGE IMPROVEMENT ON MY STUDYING CAUSE I
CAN GO ANYWHERE ANYTIME ANYPLACE AND
BRING THIS WITH ME. :26

Zuschin says iPods aren't going to
automatically turn his class into
better students

DAVID ZUSCHIN: 37:03:00 IT'S LIKE ANY
OTHER TOOL, IT'S LIKE EVEN THEIR COURSE
TEXT BOOK, IF THEY USE IT, IF THEY READ
IT, IF THEY USE IT, IT WILL BE
HELPFUL. :10

But he says, if you see a student
bopping their head to music.. don't
assume.

AMANDA MURRAY SOPHOMORE.

11:26:00 WE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE LISTENING
TO CLASSICAL MUSIC YOU NEVER KNOW. :28

council, but have not made a final
decision on required cuts.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke

The school system faces a 700-
thousand dollar gap between anticipated
revenues and the amount needed to pay
for existing programs, and other
mandated spending.

Cuts recommended by
Superintendent Marvin Thompson would
balance the budget, but would not
address other school board priorities.
ENG#=3 SOT FULL
SOT FULL 10:31:46

INQ=We wanted to avoid

*CG 2line Marvin Thompson
Roanoke School Superintendent MARVIN THOMPSON/ROANOKE SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT: WE WANTED TO AVOID ANY
CUTS THAT HAD A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE
CLASSROOM, WHETHER IT BE FOR STUDENTS
OR WHETHER IT BE FOR TEACHERS AND WE
WANTED TO JUST MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY
OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE
CURRENTLY EXISTING AND I THINK THAT WAS
SIGNIFICANT.
RUNS=13 (END SOT)

OQ=i think that was significant.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Also last night, School Board
member Alvin Nash announced he will not
seek reappointment when his term on the
school board expires in June.
(END VO) (END VO)

an accident in Amherst County to find a
Lynchburg teenager dead after his truck
hit a tractor trailer head on.
ENG#=4 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Amherst Co.

Around 4 yesterday afternoon,
state police say the 18-year-old was
headed east on Route 130 when he ran
off the side of the road, overcorrected
and veered into the path of a tractor
trailer.

The teen's pickup and the semi
collided head-on ... the force of the
crash tearing the pickup truck's engine

from its compartment.

Police say it's a typical
scenario for these kinds of accidents.
ENG#=1 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

INQ=It's a fairly

*CG 2line James Doss 18:49:09
Virginia State Police SGT. JAMES DOSS/VA STATE POLICE: IT'S A
FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH YOUNGER
DRIVERS. AND MOST OF THAT IS PROBABLY
AS A RESULT OF EXPERIENCE OR LACK
THEREOF. INSTINCTIVELY YOU WANT TO PULL
BACK ON THE ROADWAY WHEN YOU DROP OFF
THE EDGE AND YOU HAVE TO OVERCOME THAT.
RUNS=15 (END SOT)

OQ=have to overcome that.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

The teenager was killed instantly
... his name has not yet been released.
(END VO) (END VO)

If you haven't noticed we've recently
seen some big acts here in Roanoke.
SOT FULL 2:16:44 SOT FULL

INQ=It's about KATE COLLINS: IT'S ABOUT TIME.

(LAUGHS)
RUNS02 (END SOT)

OQ=time (laughs) She has a point. Typically the

Roanoke Civic Center sees only a
handful of big events each year.

But lately, it's been one after the
other.

((NAT SOUND OF MONSTER TRUCKS))

Take the Advance Auto Monster Truck
Jam which sold out three shows.
Chicago, Celtic Woman, and John Mayer
also sold out or came pretty close to
it.
SOT FULL 2:20:26 SOT FULL

INQ=It was definetely MORGAN STANFILL: IT WAS DEFINETELY A

HUGE CROWD EVEN JOHN MAYER WAS
COMMENTING THEY HAD FILLED UP ALL THE
SEATS EXCEPT THOSE IN THE CORNER SO IT
WAS AN AWESOME TURNOUT.
RUNS08 (END SOT)

OQ=AWESOME TURNOUT There's also been an awesome turnout

for the series of Broadway Shows.

((NAT SOUND OF CATS))

From show tunes, to show stoppers,
Roanokers like what they see.

SOT FULL 2:17:13 SOT FULL

INQ=It's great KATE COLLINS: IT'S GREAT. I DON'T

WANT TO DRIVE TO D.C. OR
CHARLOTESVILLE, OR GREENSBORO TO GO TO
SEE A CONCERT AND THEN TREK BACK LATE
AT NIGHT, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE IT JUST
DOWN THE STREET.
RUNS10 (END SOT)

OQ=down the street So why now? For one the Civic Center

has more open dates ever since the
Dazzle and the Vipers went belly up.

The city also recently hired a new
booking agent.
SOT FULL 2:31:14 SOT FULL

INQ=It helps to MINA BOYD: IT HELPS TO HAVE A NEW

EMPLOYEE WHO CAME FROM THE COLLEGE
ENVIRONMENT SO HE KNOWS WHAT THE
COLLEGE STUDENTS WOULD LIKE.
RUNS08 (END SOT)

OQ=would like ((NAT SOUND OF CHICAGO))

The hope is with more entertainment
options more young people will want to
say here in the Valley.
SOT FULL 2:34:38 SOT FULL

INQ=Hopefully it is STUART SAUNDERS: HOPEFULLY IT IS A

TREND THAT'S HERE TO STAY MAYBE THEY
CAN GET GOOD MARKETING WITH THE RADIO
STATIONS AND BRING SOME POPULAR EVENTS
THERE.

RUNS07 (END SOT)

OQ=events there

SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ= JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: BUT IT WON'T

BE EASY. WE'RE TOLD PROMOTERS DON'T
SEE ROANOKE AS A MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT
DESTINATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. IT HELPS
THOUGH THAT ROANOKE IS IN BETWEEN MAJOR
CITIES LIKE RICHMOND AND NASHVILLE
WHICH MEANS SOME ACTS WILL STOP IN
ROANOKE ON THEIR WAY TO ONE OF THOSE
BIGGER CITIES. JUSTIN mcLEOD, NEWS 7.
RUNS= (END SOT)>>

aid found guilty of lying and
obstructing justice plan to ask for a
re- trial.
ENG#=4 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG locator Washington, DC

On the 10th day of deliberations,
jurors convicted Lewis "Scooter" Libby
on four counts, saying they didn't
believe his main defense of having a
bad memory.

The jury decided Libby obstructed
the investigation into how C- I- A
operative Valerie Plame's name was
leaked to reporters.
ENG#=1 (SOT FULL)
SOT FULL

INQ=A person who worked

*CG 2line Patrick Fitzgerald
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald /SPECIAL PROSECUTOR:
A person who worked in the Office of
Vice President, obstructed justice and
lied under oath. We wish that it had
not happened. But it did.
RUNS=8 (END SOT)

OQ=But it did.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Libby's former boss Vice President
Dick Cheney said he was very
disappointed with the conviction.